During BK we were told they needed to charge around $8 more per ticket on a E170 to have the same break even PAX load as the Q400. Fuel was higher then, around $120 but what is the fuel cost per seat for a 135? My point is they shouldn't cry about high costs and ask for wage concessions when management makes such stupid business decisions. I think they paid around 23 million to get out of leases one quarter (some may have been RJ returns and I'm too lazy to look it up).

As someone said earlier branded ops fleet plan was modified post BK by RAH management. Shocker it hasn't worked out. There has been a continuous stream of stupid decisions as the reason for their losses... take your pick.